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Being a woman in hip hop and Maharashtra’s newest climate anthem: Meet Devanshi!
Devanshi talks about learning to survive a male-dominated scene as the first female Malvani rapper, the politics she wants her music to hold and the inception of her Marathi climate anthem, Nisargacha...
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Winners Announced: #LoveWithoutLabels: A Writing Contest On The Many Ways We...
When we at Youth Ki Awaaz and Zubaan Publishers asked you about love, we knew we wouldn’t get one answer, because love rarely means just one thing. That is what made reading the entries to...
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From Eminem to Kannada Hip-Hop: How Kali Gave Bengaluru its Climate Anthem
The Bengaluru rapper behind ‘Neer Kodu’ talks about growing up with water scarcity, finding hip-hop in his neighbourhood, and making political rap within Indian hip hop accessible. Kali remembers a...
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Crown Shyness, Like Trees That Do Not Touch
#LoveWithoutLabels Riya was certain another pregnancy scare would crack her up, just as I was sure another man who would suggest “this is just a phase” would push me off the metaphorical cliff I said...
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The Friend I Met On A Night Of Violence
It was around eleven at night when a message appeared on my phone. “You’re not asleep, are you?” I replied, “No?” It was the night of the Delhi riots in 2020. The message had come from Rukhsat (a...
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Contest Open: #BodyLanguage: A Writing Contest On Living In Our Bodies
When people see you, do you feel seen or do you feel judged first? Maybe it was being told to "sit properly" because you were a girl, or hearing relatives comment on how much weight you'd gained...
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#WorkMachinesAndWhoDecides: A Storytelling Programme For Young Indians |...
Applications open until: August 31, 2026 We are entering and navigating the workforce at a moment when work itself is being rewritten. Some of the jobs young people are doing today did not have a name...
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15 Stories That Imagine The India Young People Dream Of
As India marks its 80th Independence Day, it is worth asking: what does India look like in the dreams of its young people? Across the country, young people are imagining, questioning and rethinking...
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#AppSeAapTak: A Storytelling Fellowship for Gig Workers | Applications Open
Applications Open till: August 25, 2026Fellowship: September 7– October 4, 2026 We hear a lot about gig work, platforms, algorithms, and flexibility. But behind every delivery, ride, order, or service...
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The Climate Emergency Mixtape: Six Voices, One Crisis, No Apologies
In the Aravalli hills, where the ridge that has shaped Delhi's climate for centuries is being quietly worn down, Naveen writes about what disappears when a hill disappears. Nearly two thousand...
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Can We Fight Terrorism With Stereotypes Instead Of Evidence?
Trigger Warning: Mentions of terrorism, religious profiling, and wrongful incarceration. Terrorism is one of the gravest threats any democracy can face. That is precisely why democracies cannot afford...
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Youth Ki Awaaz is Hiring A Research Consultant – Social and Civic Issues
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
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Youth Ki Awaaz is Hiring a Research Consultant – Tech Policy
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
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Youth Ki Awaaz Is Hiring A Research Analyst
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
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Assam Isn’t Drowning, Assam Has Drowned
Assam isn’t drowning, Assam has drowned. Drowned because whatever visuals and videos that have been documented and are being put up on the internet have been deeply disturbing and heartbreaking to say...
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When the Flood Recedes, Assam Will Still Be Drowning
There is something cruel about a river you grow up loving becoming the thing that takes your home away. Every monsoon, the Brahmaputra reminds Assam that it can be both mother and destroyer. Across...
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Notes From A Drowning Land: Living Through Assam’s Worst Floods In Six Decades
“কেওঁফালে গুজৰি গুমৰি বান উটুৱাই নিলে গাঁওখন, সুখৰে ঘৰখন পলকতে উটি গল গুহালিৰে গৰুহাল পলকত নিয়তিয়ে মোক কৰিলে কঙাল” (On every side, the flood roared and raged, Sweeping away my village, my home filled...
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Youth Ki Awaaz Is Hiring A Hindi Community Manager
लोकेशन: रिमोट / हाइब्रिड (प्राथमिकता: दिल्ली)एक्सपीरियंस: 3-4 सालसैलरी: ₹35,000–₹42,000 (अनुभव के अनुसार) यूथ की आवाज़ (YKA) भारत का सबसे बड़ा युवा अभिव्यक्ति और नागरिक कहानियों का मंच है। पिछले एक...
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Contest Open: #LoveWithoutLabels: A Writing Contest On The Many Ways We Love
Most of us can trace our lives through moments of love, even before we know what love really means. It may have looked like falling asleep on the sofa, but being carried to bed by your parents, or...
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Cockroach Janta Party: Gen Z’s Sharpest Political Clapback Yet
I have been thinking about Kafka a lot since Indian youth created the Cockroach Janata Party. In The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into an insect. Most people...
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